| 单词 | honorable |
| 释义 | honorable (once / 350 pages) adj The word honorable has to do with people and actions that are honest, fair, and worthy of respect. An honorable person is someone who believes in truth and doing the right thing — and tries to live up to those high principles. When you lose a game, it's honorable to shake hands. If you smash into someone's parked car, it's honorable to leave a note so they can contact you. Telling the truth is honorable. This word is also used for people who are deserving of being honored, like when judges are called "The honorable Judge So-and-so." WORD FAMILYhonorable: honorableness, honorablest, honorably+/dishonor: dishonorable, dishonored, dishonoring, dishonors/dishonorable: dishonorableness, dishonorably, dishonourably/honor: dishonor, honorable, honorary, honored, honoree, honoring, honors/honorary: honorarily/honoree: honorees USAGE EXAMPLESHonorable mention: Murray’s Cheese Bar was a sleeper hit hidden in plain sight. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Any military veteran who received an honorable discharge is eligible for military honors at a funeral. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) And start to finish, he was an honorable man. Time(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj deserving of esteem and respect Syn estimable, good, respectable reputable having a good reputation 2adj worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect an honorable man led an honorable life honorable service to his country Syn|Ant honourable honest not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent august, revered, venerableprofoundly honored laureateworthy of the greatest honor or distinction time-honored, time-honouredhonored because of age or long usage justused especially of what is legally or ethically right or proper or fitting moralconcerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behavior and character based on those principles noblehaving or showing or indicative of high or elevated character reputablehaving a good reputation worthyhaving worth or merit or value; being honorable or admirable dishonorable, dishonourable lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor ingloriousnot bringing honor and glory dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive black, disgraceful, ignominious, inglorious, opprobrious, shameful(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame debasing, degradingused of conduct; characterized by dishonor shabbymean and unworthy and despicable unprincipledhaving little or no integrity yellowcowardly or treacherous unjustviolating principles of justice ignoblecompletely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose disreputablelacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance unworthylacking in value or merit 3adj adhering to ethical and moral principles followed the only honorable course of action Syn ethical, honourable right in conformance with justice or law or morality 4adj not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent Syn|Ant honest direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action echt, genuinenot fake or counterfeit downrightcharacterized by plain blunt honesty honourableworthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect artless, ingenuouscharacterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious sincereopen and genuine; not deceitful square, straightcharacterized by honesty and fairness trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false trustworthy, trustyworthy of trust or belief dishonest, dishonorable deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive Janus-faced, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, two-facedmarked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another beguilingmisleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentintended to deceive deceptive, misleading, shoddydesigned to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently falsedesigned to deceive picaresqueinvolving clever rogues or adventurers especially as in a type of fiction blackguardly, rascally, roguish, scoundrellylacking principles or scruples thieving, thievishgiven to thievery dishonorable, dishonourablelacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor insincerelacking sincerity corrupt, crookednot straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality untrustworthy, untrustynot worthy of trust or belief |
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